“Since .ly is used and operated by Libya, they are within in their jurisdiction to seize domains that don’t comply with their laws. In the case of vb.ly the Libyan trustee felt that “that the content of [their] website was offensive, obscene and illegal according to Libyan Islamic Sharia Law.” This includes bit.ly used by Twitter and many others.
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With in app purchase of the FTP component, not a link to the full version on the App Store, as Apple requested. The HIG was changed to stop linking out to unrestricted apps, but VideoUpLink Lite was approved even though it did just that (shhh). I’ve used Urban Airship superficially before, but this was the first time I dealt with the store kit directly. It wasn’t so bad, though I definitely benefited from being a late comer with plenty of documentation and tutorials out there already. HINT – Sandbox mode only works when you are plugged in to Xcode. I know, I know, RTFM.

UPDATE 10/11/10 : Rejected again because email didn’t work!!!? Always worked for me, every time. I fixed some typos and resubmitted it. Here’s hoping.